re: System Lockups

[Greg Freemyer <freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com>]

My test server started behaving like that a few weeks ago.

In my case I became convinced that the CPU had overheated at some point.

I ended up putting in a new MB and CPU.  Since then all is fine, but I changed from AMD to Intel, so it that does not mean too much.

I formed my opinion when kernels I had tested with before had become unreliable.

Greg Freemyer

 >>  Just wondering if anyone knows of any reason why a xfs redhat 8.0 would
 >>  just lock up, and leave no log traces in the messages file.. I do not
 >>  really have any data that says that it is XFS related (in fact I doubt
 >>  it). I am just not sure where to go for answers.. I've looked on the web
 >>  and never found anything relevant. From what I can gather, the machine
 >>  dies on its network connection,  and all keyboard activity locks up. 
 >>  The screen continues to display the last thing that occured before the
 >>  lockup, but there is no additional input/output. From what I can tell,
 >>  it has only happened in periods of inactivity (this is a new development
 >>  machine).

 >>  thanks for any help anyone can offer. And sorry if i'm spamming this
 >>  list.. Any responses, please email me directly, unless it is felt that
 >>  the problem relates to the xfs kernel.

 >>  Thanks,

 >>  -- 
 >>  Matt Schillinger
 >>  mschilli@vss.fsi.com